Structural transformation, population change and sectoral employment in Kenya: 1964-1976
Abstract
Structural change generates major differences in the
rates of growth of economic sectors in the production system,
and hence in sectoral share s in produc t and 1abour force
(employment) •
The major aims of this study was to examine the effect
of changes in income, population, wage and capital formation on
sectoral en~loyment and output; and the impact of structural
change on the relative dominance of the various economic sectors
in tenns of their contribution towards a number of economic
variables. The maj or findings of the study are that:
structural change affects the relative dominance of the sectors,
with relative importance of agriculture in both the production
and employment sector dirrunishing over time; population change
with the implied changes in population characteristics does not
significantly affect employment in any sector, implying that changes
in composition of consumers' demand due to population growth
is a weak factor in promoting sectoral employment; the effect of
wage rate (cost of labour) on sectoral employment differs
depending on the specific sector under consideration.
Citation
Research Paper Submitted to the Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Economics.Publisher
Arts-economics